The Plague and I: Common Reader Editions
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (645 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01DWV3RL2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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D.C.R. said Great Story about a Historic location near Seattle. I had seen the movie "the egg and I" of course and knew it was based out here in northwest where I have lived all my life but I really didn't know anything about the author Betty McDonald until a few years ago our local paper did a story on her and her books then I . HOW BETTY MACDONALD BROKE DAD'S TEETH Bellabell Sixty years ago, a sullen fourteen-year old, I curled up in a big armchair and read THE PLAGUE AND I. My laughter got louder and louder, closer to shrieks, and finally my father stormed into the room and yelled, "Quit that! No book is that funny!" He grabbed the boo. "Betty MacDonald ia a great author" according to lovin' life. As a depression baby and growing up in the results thereof, I find this book and the rest of Betty's books to be great reading.Do you ever wonder why people born in that era save almost everything? Tell you to eat everything on your plate? Why therewas so much TB an
"Anybody Can Do Anything" is a high-spirited, hilarious celebration of how "the warmth and loyalty and laughter of a big family" brightened their weathering of the Great Depression. The White Plague was no laughing matter, but MacDonald nonetheless makes a sprightly tale of her brush with something deadly. " The Plague and I" recounts MacDonald's experiences in a Seattle sanitarium, where the author spent almost a year (1938-39) battling tuberculosis. In "Onions in the Stew", MacDonald is in unbuttonedly frolicsome form as she describes how, with husband and daughters, she set to work making a life on a rough-and-tumble island in Puget Sound, a ferry ride from Seattle.